1.1 Object

¹ These Rules govern the procedure for investigating and punishing violations of the following rules and their implementing provisions of the exchanges that are regulated by the regulatory bodies of SIX Group Ltd:

1. Rule Books of SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland Ltd
2. Listing Rules (LR) and Additional Rules.

² Only those sanctions which are contained in the Rule Book, in the GC or the LR and the Additional Rules will be imposed, and only against those natural or legal persons which are subject to the rules and regulations set out in para. 1 (the "Party/Parties Concerned").